Short-term physiological indicators of N deficiency in phytoplankton: a unifying model |
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Authors: | I R Elrifi D H Turpin |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, Queen's University, K7L 3N6 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | Nitrogen resupply to N-limited microalgae elicits several rapid physiological responses which have been used as indicators of N deficiency. These include a stimulation of dark respiration and dark carbon fixation. In addition, N resupply to some microalgae results in a transient suppression of photosynthetic carbon fixation. Long term, N enrichment results in an increase in the rate of photosynthesis and ultimately in the rate of growth. In this report these physiological indicators of N deficiency are documented as a function of steady-state growth rate in Selenastrum minutum Naeg. Collins (Chlorophyta). Based on previous biochemical and physiological studies, we suggest that these short-term responses are a reflection of redirection of photosynthetic carbon flow to the process of N assimilation. A unifying model is proposed that interrelates these responses to N resupply. |
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